PSYCH312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Working Memory, Fender Wide Range, Assistive Technology
19 Nov 2015
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Individuals with learning disabilities generally have average or above average intelligence yet they often do not achieve at the same academic levels as their peers. Learning disabilities (number of disorders which may affect the acquisition, organization, retention, understanding or use of verbal or nonverbal information) Individuals may demonstrate at least average abilities essential for thinking and/or reasoning. Result from impairments in one or more processes related to perceiving, thinking, remembering or learning. I. e. language processing, phonological processing, visual spatial processing, processing speed, memory and attention. May also involve difficulties with organizational skills, social perception, social interaction and perspective taking. Assessing learning disabilities: wechsler intelligence scale for children fourth edition (wisc-iv) contains four indices, verbal comprehension, 2. Processing speed: woodcock-johnson iii tests of achievement (wj-iii) allows assessment of reading skills, written language, mathematics skills, oral language, and academic knowledge, comprehensive test of phonological processing (ctopp): Phonological awareness (awareness that language is composed of sounds and these sounds/syllables are related to letters)
